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John Mulaney claimed in one of his jokes that in the 1930's, if you weren't still at a bank after you robbed it when the police arrived, you had a 99% chance of getting away with it. How much truth is there to that statement?

783 upvotes • graaahh

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Who are the Cossacks?

782 upvotes • kwosh

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Compared to how it is portrayed in cowboy movies what brand/type of alcohol did people really drink in Saloons?

782 upvotes • jello_zoo

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When did lower case letters appear in the Roman alphabet?

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Why didn't Angkor Wat capture the public's imagination of lost jungle cities the same way Maya cities did? Especially considering both places were documented by Europeans in the mid19th century

782 upvotes • Mictlantecuhtli

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Why is radiation green in popular Western culture, despite the fact that blue has been known as the dominant radiation “color” since 1958?

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Why weren't Native Americans the primary slave population in America?

782 upvotes • lawrenceugene

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I have been hearing/reading a lot over the past few days about the terminal decline of academic history as a profession. Historians of Reddit, how bad is it?

782 upvotes • DanteDakota

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Although Imperial China famously had some of the largest cities in the world, we don't normally think of Chinese rulers engaging in the same sort of urban politics (feuding with urban elites, currying favor with the poor through bread and circuses, etc.) that we associate with places like Rome. Why?

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Did Queen Victoria have any more real power than the contemporary Queen Elizabeth?

781 upvotes • Yui108

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
John Mulaney claimed in one of his jokes that in the 1930's, if you weren't still at a bank after you robbed it when the police arrived, you had a 99% chance of getting away with it. How much truth is there to that statement?	783	graaahh
Who are the Cossacks?	782	kwosh
Compared to how it is portrayed in cowboy movies what brand/type of alcohol did people really drink in Saloons?	782	jello_zoo
When did lower case letters appear in the Roman alphabet?	782	[deleted]
Why didn't Angkor Wat capture the public's imagination of lost jungle cities the same way Maya cities did? Especially considering both places were documented by Europeans in the mid19th century	782	Mictlantecuhtli
Why is radiation green in popular Western culture, despite the fact that blue has been known as the dominant radiation “color” since 1958?	782	[deleted]
Why weren't Native Americans the primary slave population in America?	782	lawrenceugene
I have been hearing/reading a lot over the past few days about the terminal decline of academic history as a profession. Historians of Reddit, how bad is it?	782	DanteDakota
Although Imperial China famously had some of the largest cities in the world, we don't normally think of Chinese rulers engaging in the same sort of urban politics (feuding with urban elites, currying favor with the poor through bread and circuses, etc.) that we associate with places like Rome. Why?	782	[deleted]
Did Queen Victoria have any more real power than the contemporary Queen Elizabeth?	781	Yui108